To:G. Y. ZINOVIEV

Written:Written after September 8, 1915Published:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 49.

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      Moscow,Volume 43,

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Wemust start preparing an issue of the C.O. devotedwhollyto
the conference.Subjectsorarticles.[3]

Doyou agree to my taking Nos. 3 and 4?

Letus make haste with this issue of the C.O.

Iam sending Bauer.

Besureto send me1) Legien’s
			   collection+ ...[2]2) the pamphlet on Liebknecht.

ReturnRadek’s letter.

Planof leaflets is drawn up; will send it tomorrow; detailed.

Bestregards,Yours,Lenin

P.S.I havemislaidthe letter of the Dutch to the
C.C.[4]

Extremelyimportant arguments against participation in the conference.

[1]Pre-history.—Ed.

[2]Oneword in the manuscript illegible.—Ed.

[3]Thisrefers to theFirst International Socialist Conference, held
in Zimmerwaldfrom September 5 to 8, 1915. A sharp struggle developed
at the conference between the revolutionary internationalists led by Lenin
and the Kautskyite majority at the conference led by the German
Social-Democrat Ledebour.

Duringthe proceedings a Bureau of the Zimmerwald Left was formed
headed by Lenin.

TheZimmerwald Left did a great deal towards organising the
internationalist elements in Europe and America.

Sotsial-DemokratNo. 45–46 published Lenin’s articles “The
First Step” and “Revolutionary Marxists at the International Socialist
Conference, September 5–8, 1915” (see present edition, Vol. 21,
pp. 383–88 389–93). In accordance with Point 2 of the letter, the
newspaper published a column of extracts “From Re ports Read at the
International Socialist Conference in Zimmerwald” first place in which was
given to the Bulgarian M. P. Vasil Kolaroff. In accordance with Point 6 of
the letter, the following paragraphs were published in the “News Items”
column: “The Bund Has No Time”, “All Is Well With the 0.C.”, “Trotsky
‘Does Not Know’ What Mass Revolutionary Action Is”.

[4]Thisrefers to Wijnkoop’s letter of August 6, 1915, in which two
documents were mentioned: =

1) the report of the representative of the C.C., R.S.D.L.P. concerning the
preliminary conference held on July!11, 1915, dealing with the question of
convening the international conference, and =

2) the draft resolution of the Zimmerwald Left for the First International
Socialist Conference written by Lenin (see present edition, Vol. 21,
pp. 345–48).

Wijnkoopwrote “we fully and wholly agree with the proposals of the
C.C. of the R.S.D.L.P. concerning the terms for convening the
conference. In speaking of “extremely important arguments” against
participation in the conference, Lenin had in mind the following passage in
Wijnkoop’s letter: “Our Party Committee earnestly requests you to declare
... that your Party, like ours, will not attendanyconference
that does not accept this minimum as a basis for convening the conference,
as it will not be possible then to declare that it is a conference of the
revolutionary section of the International” (Central Party Archives of the
Institute of Marxism-Leninism under the C.C., C.P.S.U.).